Reader #5: Deep Reading

I don’t recall precisely where I obtained this picture, nor do I have any inkling of who she might be, but I find the comely, scantily-clad lass in it–deeply absorbed by the words of the Bard no less–well . . . deeply absorbing. Something about the turn of her ankle, perhaps. Or her pearls. Or possibly her pretty eyes. I said her eyes.

(Yes I do realize that it’s been quite awhile since I’ve added anything to this sequence of entries . . . but then again it’s been ages since I’ve added anything to this blog period. Whatever. The hiatus is over.)

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2 Responses to Reader #5: Deep Reading

I agree that this is an absorbing photo. Would’ve been for the photographer to pose her with some erotic book like “50 Shades of Grey.” But Shakespeare is such a more interesting choice. Makes me wonder what poem or play she’s reading.

"Poetry Fetter'd, Fetters the Human Race! Nations are Destroy'd, or Flourish, in proportion as Their Poetry Painting and Music, are Destroy'd or Flourish! The Primeval State of Man, was Wisdom, Art, and Science."--William Blake

"Society is like a stew. If you don't keep it stirred up you get a lot of scum on the top."--Edward Abbey

"I believe books will never disappear. It is impossible . . . . Of all mankind's diverse tools, undoubtedly the most astonishing are his books . . . . If books were to disappear, history would disappear. So would men."--Jorge Luis Borges

“Somebody who only reads newspapers and at best books of contemporary authors looks to me like an extremely near-sighted person who scorns eyeglasses. He is completely dependent on the prejudices and fashions of his times, since he never gets to see or hear anything else.”--Albert Einstein

"If we encounter a man of rare intellect, we should ask him what books he reads."--Ralph Waldo Emerson

". . . surely the equation of bland nonpartisanship with objectivity--a silly notion fostered by the worst traditions of television news reporting--must be rejected. We may scrutinize a known critic more carefully, but ultimately we must judge his arguments, not his autobiography."
--Stephen Jay Gould

"Sit down and read. Educate yourself for the coming conflicts."--Mary Harris "Mother" Jones

"It was not intelligent to make an opposition between literature and science. It is no more legitimate than an opposition between literature and 'classics' or between
literature and history."--H. G. Wells

“It is a scientific truism that less data will always support more hypotheses.”--Robert L. Pitman

"He who is a slave against his will, will be able to become free. He who has become free by the favor of his master and has sold himself into slavery will no longer be able to be free."--The Gnostic Gospel of Philip

"He who joyfully marches to music in rank and file has already earned my contempt. He has been given a large brain by mistake, since for him the spinal cord would suffice."--Albert Einstein